My Silence Cost Me Everything, Now It's Your Turn to Scream

Before the finals of *The Voice*, my wife’s throat was poisoned by a toxic rival.

In my despair, I made a deal with a mysterious System: I would give up my own voice and become mute, in exchange for restoring hers.

During the five years of my silence, she went from an unknown contestant to a world-famous pop queen, her path paved with flowers and applause.

But our meetings became rarer, and her attitude grew colder. Her attentive assistant, her handsome co-star—everyone in her life seemed better than me.

Watching her cozy up to the industry's top male star on national TV broke my heart.